Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative

Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée

législative
de l’Ontario

Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

No. 155

No 155

1st Session
42nd Parliament

1re session
42e législature

Wednesday
March 11, 2020

Mercredi

11 mars 2020

9:00 A.M.

9 H

PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 159, An Act to amend various statutes in respect of consumer protection.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 159, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne la protection du consommateur.

Debate resumed and after some time the debate adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 10 h 15, le débat était ajourné.

10:15 A.M.

10 H 15

QUESTION PERIOD

PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS

DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

Motion for allocation of time on Bill 156, An Act to protect Ontario’s farms and farm animals from trespassers and other forms of interference and to prevent contamination of Ontario’s food supply.

Carried on the following division:-

Adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 62

Baber

Babikian

Bailey

Barrett

Bethlenfalvy

Bouma

Calandra

Cho (Willowdale)

Clark

Coe

Crawford

Cuzzeto

Downey

Dunlop

Elliott

Fedeli

Fee

Fullerton

Ghamari

Gill

Hardeman

Hogarth

Jones

Kanapathi

Karahalios

Ke

Kramp

Kusendova

Lecce

MacLeod

Martin

McDonell

McKenna

Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Nicholls

Oosterhoff

Pang

Park

Parsa

Pettapiece

Phillips

Piccini

Rasheed

Rickford

Roberts

Romano

Sabawy

Sandhu

Sarkaria

Scott

Skelly

Smith (Bay of Quinte)

Smith (Peterborough—Kawartha)

Surma

Tangri

Thanigasalam

Thompson

Tibollo

Triantafilopoulos

Wai

Walker

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 38

Andrew

Armstrong

Arthur

Begum

Bell

Berns-McGown

Bisson

Burch

Fife

Fraser

French

Gates

Gélinas

Glover

Gretzky

Harden

Hassan

Hatfield

Hunter

Karpoche

Kernaghan

Mantha

Miller (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)

Monteith-Farrell

Morrison

Rakocevic

Sattler

Schreiner

Shaw

Singh (Brampton Centre)

Singh (Brampton East)

Stevens

Tabuns

Taylor

Vanthof

West

Wynne

Yarde

Ordered, That pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 156, An Act to protect Ontario’s farms and farm animals from trespassers and other forms of interference and to prevent contamination of Ontario’s food supply, the Standing Committee on General Government be authorized to meet on Friday, March 27, 2020, and Monday, March 30, 2020, in London and Northumberland—Peterborough South for public hearings on the Bill; and

That the Clerk of the Committee, in consultation with the Committee Chair, be authorized to arrange the following with regard to Bill 156:

• Notice of public hearings;

• That the deadline for requests to appear be 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020;

• That the Clerk of the Committee provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee and their designate following the deadline for requests to appear;

• That each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters received by the Clerk by 12:00 noon on Friday, March 20, 2020;

• That each witness receive up to 10 minutes for their presentation followed by 20 minutes for questioning, with 8 minutes allotted to the Government, 8 minutes allotted to the Official Opposition and 4 minutes allotted to the Green Party Independent Member;

• That the deadline for written submissions be 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2020;

That the deadline for filing amendments to the Bill with the Clerk of the Committee shall be 12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 1, 2020; and

That the Committee meet on Monday, April 6, 2020 during its regularly scheduled meeting time, and on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill; and

That on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., those amendments which have not yet been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the Bill and any amendments thereto. At this time, the Chair shall allow one 20-minute waiting period pursuant to Standing Order 132(a); and

That the Committee shall report the Bill to the House no later than Wednesday, April 8, 2020. In the event that the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed to be reported to and received by the House; and

That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on General Government, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith, and at such time the Bill shall be ordered for Third Reading; and

That, in the case of any division relating to any proceedings on the Bill, the division bell shall be limited to 15 minutes.

The House recessed at 11:50 a.m.

À 11 h 50, l’Assemblée a suspendu la séance.

3:00 P.M.

15 H

The Speaker informed the House,

Le Président a informé l’Assemblée,

That the following document was tabled:-

Que le document suivant a été déposé :-

A Report entitled Long-Term Budget Outlook: Fiscal Implications of the Government’s Program Transformation: 2020-2050 from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (Sessional Paper No. 455).

Le Rapport intitulé, Perspectives budgétaires à long terme : Implications financières des réformes de programmes du gouvernement, de 2020 à 2050 du Bureau de la Responsabilité Financière de l’Ontario (Document parlementaire no 455).

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DE PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bill was introduced and read the first time:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté et lu une première fois :-

Bill 183, An Act to amend the Human Rights Code with respect to measures to strengthen the Ontario Human Rights Commission's independence. Ms. Horwath.

Projet de loi 183, Loi modifiant le Code des droits de la personne en ce qui concerne des mesures visant à renforcer l'indépendance de la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne. Mme Horwath.

The following Bill was introduced, read the first time and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté, lu une première fois et renvoyé au Comité permanent des règlements et des projets de loi d’intérêt privé :-

Bill Pr23, An Act to revive Cherry Hill Orchards Pelham Limited. Mr. Oosterhoff.

PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Autism (Sessional Paper No. P-87) Mme Gélinas and Mr. Kernaghan.

Changes to education funding (Sessional Paper No. P-123) Ms. Stiles.

Post secondary education (Sessional Paper No. P-130) Ms. Armstrong.

Residents Bill of Rights (Sessional Paper No. P-207) Mme Gélinas.

Northern Health Travel Grant (Sessional Paper No. P-209) Mr. Mantha and Ms. Monteith-Farrell.

Transit infrastructure projects (Sessional Paper No. P-213) Mr. Oosterhoff and Mr. Pang.

Pediatric palliative care (Sessional Paper No. P-223) Ms. Shaw.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Second Reading of Bill 181, An Act to authorize the expenditure of certain amounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

Deuxième lecture du projet de loi 181, Loi autorisant l’utilisation de certaines sommes pour l’exercice se terminant le 31 mars 2020.

Debate arose and after some time,

Il s’élève un débat et après quelque temps,

The question was then put.

La question a ensuite été mise aux voix.

Vote deferred on request of the Chief Government Whip.

Le vote est différé par requête du Whip en chef du gouvernement.

Third Reading of Bill 141, An Act respecting registration of and access to defibrillators.

Troisième lecture du projet de loi 141, Loi sur l’accès aux défibrillateurs et leur enregistrement.

Debate resumed and after some time,

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps,

With unanimous consent,

Avec le consentement unanime,

On motion by Mr. Fraser,

Sur la motion de M. Fraser,

Ordered, That the Member for Ottawa South (Mr. Fraser) be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes on the debate for Third Reading of Bill 141, An Act respecting registration of and access to defibrillators.

Debate resumed and after some time the House adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Le débat a repris et après quelque temps, à 18 h, l’Assemblée a ajourné ses travaux.

le président

Ted Arnott

Speaker

SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 43

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L’ARTICLE 43 DU RÈGLEMENT

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2019 Annual Report / Ministère des Services à l’enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires, Stratégie de réduction de la pauvreté, Rapport annuel 2019 (No. 456) (Tabled March 11, 2020).